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{{Status|Canon}}
{{Era|HCW|Post|}}
{{Center|For the piece of equipment used in [[Halo: Landfall]], see [[signal tracking device]].}}
[[File:HaloLegends-ScanningDevice4.png||right|200px|thumb|The unidentified scanning device, activated.]]
[[File:HaloLegends-ScanningDevice4.png|thumb|200px|The scanning device, activated.]]
{{quote|Scanning device is activated.|[[John-117]]}}


This '''unidentified scanning device''' is a piece of equipment used by the [[United Nations Space Command]] to detect signal frequencies, specifically weak signals with a short radius. In order for the scanning device to function properly, the operator must get close enough to be able to read any signals in the area.<ref name="package">'''Halo Legends''', ''The Package''</ref>
The unidentified scanning device is a piece of equipment used to detect signal frequencies, specifically, weak signals with a short radius. In order for the scanning device to work, the operator must get close to be able to read any signals in the area.


==Overview==
==Overview==
Shortly after the [[Battle of Miridem]] in [[2544]], such a device was utilized by a team of [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartans]] during their [[Operation: WARM BLANKET|mission to rescue]] Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]] from a [[Covenant]] [[Third Fleet of Glorious Consequence|fleet]] by using [[OF92 Booster Frame]]s. The fleet's [[Supreme Commander]], [[Luro 'Taralumee]], was able to fool the scanning device's sensors and make it appear that there were multiple signals; these false signals were baited traps, as they led to [[antimatter charge]]s. One of these decoys was successful, resulting in the death of [[Solomon-069]]. However, [[John-117]] realized that the Covenant knew the Spartans' objective; he thus deduced that Halsey's real signal originated from the Covenant flagship, ''[[Resplendent Fervor]]''.{{Ref/Reuse|package}}
The scanning device was utilized by the team of SPARTAN-IIs, consisting of [[John-117]], [[Frederic-104]], [[Solomon-069]], [[Solomon-069]], and [[Arthur-079]] during the [[Raid on the Third Fleet of Glorious Consequence]], using [[Open Frame 92/Extra-Vehicular Activity| EVA Booster Frames]]. It was used to track the signal frequency of [[Dr. Catherine Elizabeth Halsey|the package]], but the [[Covenant]] [[Luro 'Taralumee|commander]] of the [[Third Fleet of Glorious Consequence|fleet]] was able to fool the Booster Frame's sensors and make it appear as if there are multiple signals that, incidentally, lead to multiple traps, because the false signals are [[Antimatter charge|decoys]], and that the Covenant] knows what the [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTANs]] had come for, and  that the real signal is coming from the Covenant [[Resplendent Fervor|flagship]].
 
==Notes==
Based upon the information available, the scanning device is probably deployed either aboard the Booster Frames, or deployed onto the hull of a target vessel, in this case, a [[CCS-class Battlecruiser]] or [[Covenant Assault Carrier]]. It can also be inferred that the Covenant were able to fool these devices by possibly rigging an Antimatter Charge with a signal transmitter programmed to emulate the same frequency of Dr. Halsey, and the bomb itself programmed to detonate once the false signal is investigated.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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<gallery>
File:HaloLegends-ScanningDevice1.png|The scanning device, activating.
File:HaloLegends-ScanningDevice1.png|The scanning device, activating.
File:HaloLegends-ScanningDevice2.png|The scanning device, penetrating a Covenant ship's shield.
File:HaloLegends-ScanningDevice2.png|The scanning device, penetrating the shield.
File:HaloLegends-ScanningDevice3.png|The scanning device, fully activated.
File:HaloLegends-ScanningDevice3.png|The scanning device, fully activated.
File:OF92EVA-ControlConsole-Reading.png|The [[Open Frame 92/Extra-Vehicular Activity|Booster Frame]]'s control panel receiving a reading from the scanning device.
File:OF92EVA-ControlConsole-Reading2.png|The Booster Frame's control panel receiving multiple decoy signals.
File:HLTP-ScanningDevice-Animated-640x360.gif|Animation of the scanning device.
</gallery>
</gallery>
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==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
*[[Halo Legends]]
*"[[Halo Legends]]: [[The Package]]"
**''[[The Package (animated short)|The Package]]'' {{1st}}


==Sources==
==Sources==
{{Ref/Sources}}
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[[Category:Sensors]]


[[Category:Unidentified content]]
[[Category:Human technology]]

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